Little Bear (TV series)

Little Bear
Genre	Family Adventure
Created by	Else Holmelund Minarik Maurice Sendak Jeff Goode
Written by	Nancy Barr
Starring	Kristin Fairlie Jennifer Martini Elizabeth Hanna Janet-Laine Green Andrew Sabiston Dan Hennessey
Country of origin	Canada China United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	156
Production
Running time	approximately 30 mins
Production company	Nelvana
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon PBS
Release	April 3, 1995-August 7, 2001
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Little Bear is a Canadian children's television series. Originally produced by Nelvana for Nickelodeon, it currently airs on Treehouse TV in Canada and Nick Jr. in the United States. A direct-to-video full-length feature film was also created after the series ended. In The Little Bear Movie Little Bear and his friends help a bear named Cub to help find his parents.

It is based on the Little Bear series of books which were written by Else Holmelund Minarik, and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

Most of the characters are moderately anthropomorphic animals, exhibiting both animal and human behaviors, but generally dealing with human problems and concerns. However, Little Bear's friend, Emily, and her grandmother are human and Tutu, their dog, is mostly a normal pet. Other characters in the series include Little Bear and his parents Mother and Father Bear, his paternal uncle Rusty, his two grandparents, the eponymously named animals Duck, Cat, Owl and Hen, in addition to many recurring minor characters.

Reruns of Little Bear can currently be seen on Nick Jr.

Voice cast

Actor	Role
Kristin Fairlie	Little Bear
Amos Crawley	Owl
Tracy Ryan	Duck
Andrew Sabiston	Cat
Dan Hennessey	Father Bear
Janet Laine-Green	Mother Bear
Tara Strong	Tutu / Melody
Elizabeth Hanna	Hen
Jennifer Martini	Emily
Rick Jones	No Feet
Sean McCann	Grandfather Bear
Diane D'Aquila	Grandmother Bear
Kyle Fairlie	Cub / Rabbit
Alison Sealy Smith	Cub's Mother
Maurice Dean Wint	Cub's Father
Ashley Taylor	Mitzi

Media release

United Kingdom

• CBBC (1996-1999)
• Nick Jr. (1997-2009)
• Nick Jr. 2 (2006-2009)
• Tiny Pop (2009-present)
• KidsCo (2011-present)

Canadian Live and New York Musical Theatrical Version

In Canada, Little Bear has been turned into a live theatrical show, "Little Bear: Winter Tales" which originally toured across Canada in 2007. The show is due to tour Canada again in late 2009.

Both tours are presented by Paquin Entertainment, and were produced by Koba Entertainment.

External links

• Little Bear at IMDb